EP052: Single White Farmhouse
Published by SFEley on 4 May 2006 at 5:49 am.
10 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated R.
By Heather Shaw.
Read by The Word Whore.
The house consented to the wiring, and as soon as it was done she explored it carefully, like you or I would poke at a new tooth filling. Wasn’t long before any unused terminal would be flashing from her zooms around the internet. New bookmarks were always appearing in the browser files — architecture sites, construction sites, even some redecorating, Better Homes and Gardens-type sites were piling up in the history. Dad was disgusted by this — called it “house porn,” which made me and my brother giggle.
Rated R. Contains strong language and home… Oh, erotica.
Referenced sites:
EP on LiveJournal
EP on MySpace
2006 Hugo Nominees
Balticon
Escape Pod Classic
Marshal on 4 May 2006 at 6:22 pm: 1
What is it with houses walking with chicken lkegs. The story “Wayfaring Girls” by E. L. Chen as shown in Strange Horizons on 27 March 2006 has a motel that travels in the same manner.
Marshal on 4 May 2006 at 6:24 pm: 2
Sorry. The first sentance in the above comment should read: What is it with houses walking with chiken legs?
Omar on 5 May 2006 at 9:25 am: 3
Hi folks! Just a head’s up that the 2006 Hugo Nominees link has an extra “/” at the end that’s preventing the page from loading up. Once that extra “/” is gone, the page loads just fine.
Thanks for all the great work and stories!
Scott Janssens on 5 May 2006 at 9:55 am: 4
Marshal, The ambulatory houses are nods to Baba Yaga of Russian folklore.
SFEley on 5 May 2006 at 10:38 am: 5
Scott beat me to it. Baba Yaga lived in a hut that danced on chicken legs. Here’s more info from Wikipedia.
Omar: Fixed. Thanks for letting us know!
Janice in GA on 5 May 2006 at 10:51 am: 6
Can I tell you how much I loved this story?? The whole “house falls in love, walks away” bit just totally hooked me in. Thanks!
The Word Whore on 5 May 2006 at 12:50 pm: 7
Thank you again for thinking of me for this story!
I hope the author was pleased & I look forward to many more…
Always a pleasure, ~The Word Whore
Sunrider on 10 May 2006 at 2:25 pm: 8
This was a fantastic story and makes it to my favorite top 5.
dk on 2 Jun 2006 at 5:29 pm: 9
Superb story. Fresh and fun.
DrJennFitz on 11 May 2007 at 4:28 pm: 10
The first story I will pass on to my hubby… not really an sf fan, per se- but REALLY into Home Automation! I nearly died at the “house porn” comment. So clever. Very dangerous, as I was driving at the time!
Just found Escape Pod a few weeks ago. Don’t know how I lived without it!